The social anthropology of death 21 Cross-cultural generalizations and the New
Archaeology's search for middle range theory 27 Funerary practices: agency, power and …

Bodies intrigue us. They promise windows into the past that other archaeological finds
cannot by bringing us literally face to face with history. Yet'the body'is also highly contested …

This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing
an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of …

Sited at the furthest limits of the Neolithic revolution and standing at the confluence of the
two great sea routes of prehistory, Britain and Ireland are distinct from continental Europe for …

Death had an important and pervasive presence in the middle ages. It was a theme in
medieval public life, finding expression both in literature and art. The beliefs and procedures …

Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world, and
understanding the use of space is fundamental to archaeological inquiry. Architecture and …

Context and interpretation. Writing a study of infancy and infant death. The power of the
contradictory infant: defining infancy. Identifying the gap in archaeology; why an interest in …

This paper proposes that social identities can be studied through the cultural construction of
appearance, since this is a powerful visual mediation of identities and is a component in the …

Theoretische Grundlagen werden in den archäologischen Fächern in Deutschland kaum je
angesprochen. Diesem Mißstand will die vorliegende Einführung abhelfen. Sie erörtert …

September 1985. Sifting through the fill of a square barrow burial, in a shallow chalk valley
near Garton Station, the digger's trowel hit something hard and metallic. Carefully easing …